"Arachnoid" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A delicate membrane enveloping the brain and spinal cord. It lies between the PIA MATER and the DURA MATER. It is separated from the pia mater by the subarachnoid cavity which is filled with CEREBROSPINAL FLUID.
| Descriptor ID |
D001099
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| MeSH Number(s) |
A08.186.566.166
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| Concept/Terms |
Arachnoid- Arachnoid
- Arachnoids
- Arachnoid Mater
- Arachnoid Maters
- Mater, Arachnoid
- Maters, Arachnoid
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1996 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1999 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Arachnoid" by people in Profiles.
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Human leptomeningeal and cortical vascular anatomy of the cerebral cortex at 8 Tesla. J Comput Assist Tomogr. 1999 Nov-Dec; 23(6):850-6.
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Diagnosis and treatment of leptomeningeal metastases in a patient with renal carcinoma responding to 5-fluorouracil and gemcitabine. J Urol. 1999 Jul; 162(1):155-6.
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MR of CNS sarcoidosis: correlation of imaging features to clinical symptoms and response to treatment. AJNR Am J Neuroradiol. 1999 Apr; 20(4):655-69.
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Spinal headaches after myelograms: comparison of needle types. AJR Am J Roentgenol. 1996 Nov; 167(5):1289-92.
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Leptomeningeal metastasis from supratentorial malignant gliomas. Neurosurgery. 1986 Aug; 19(2):247-51.
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FAMILIAL ERYTHROPHAGOCYTIC LYMPHOHISTIOCYTOSIS. Pediatrics. 1963 Nov; 32:868-79.